In all, of the eight 4/5-star players who committed to Kiffin from December 2008 forward, only two – cornerbacks Eric Gordon and Marsalis Teague – are currently listed on the 2011 roster. When you pull up this page on Rivals.com, it should be slowly engulfed in flames.

Somebody should get Mike Hamilton a t-shirt that says “I hired Lane Kiffin and all I got was this lousy NCAA investigation”.

Speaking of which, Pat Haden sounds like a man who’s willing the play the cards he’s been dealt.

“The reputation and reality of Lane Kiffin are two entirely different things. I understand what his reputation is but the reality that I’ve dealt with is not that reputation.”

We’ll see if the song remains the same should the Laner get slapped with a failure to monitor violation by the NCAA. If that happens, maybe someone could get Haden a t-shirt of his own.

At some point you have to ask: “Doesn’t Derek Dooley bear at least some of the blame for these kids leaving?” The way DD acted last year about refusing to grant a waiver to Bryce Brown may have had some blow-back with the team. I know if I were 18-19 years old I would think twice about playing for that guy.